modulo
nounEtymology From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (“a measure”).
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The operation or function that returns the remainder of one number divided by another.
modulo
prepUK /ˈmɒd͡ʒələʊ/ · US /ˈmɑd͡ʒəloʊ/
Etymology From Latin modulō, ablative of modulus (“a measure”).
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Mathematics, Sciences Given a specified modulus of.
- 21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9.
- Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3, because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3.
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- 21 is congruent to 3 modulo 9.
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Technical Except for differences accounted for by.
- "A is the same as B modulo C" means A is the same as B except for differences accounted for by C.
- Thus, the underlying structure which I would assign to Navajo will be identical, modulo word order, to the one that we found to be projected in all of the languages studied in chapter 3.1990, Margaret Speas, Phrase Structure in Natural Language, page 281:
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- Moreover, in the role of consumer, each individual (modulo his location) faces the same array of goods and services on sale to anyone who can pay the purchase price[.]2002, Richard Arneson, “Egalitarianism”, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
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With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail).
- In the Lisp programming language, the "tail recursion modulo cons" technique allows functions that would be tail recursive but for a cons call to be transformed into a tail recursive form.
- All mammals, modulo the monotremes, give birth to live young.
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- I think it still holds up relatively well, modulo Joss Whedon's quirks, but a fuller version would probably have to include some more of the aftermath.2019 March 23, AliasiSudonomo, “Doctor Horrible - 10 Years Later”, in rpg.net:
- I recently upgraded my PC and bought a UHD monitor, but after installing Smite I realised that it is basically impossible to play it on a resolution bigger than 1080p, the reason being : basically everything modulo the HUD, does NOT scale with the resolution(everything from the minions to the ennemy^([sic]) health bar becomes tiny).2019 August 6, Blaziken2222, “Smite on a 4k monitor”, in Reddit, r/Smite: